Free and low-cost leisure activities in Greece

There is a free entry to museums several times a year,the new Acropolis museum is one to look out for.The summer arts festivals around Greece normally have free events with that,reductions for students,unemployed.great festival for the Attiki area,Athens,lots of street entertainment and a open cinema film festival where some screenings are free,information to all the above is on line.The very sweet weather in itself allows one to enjoy free lovely times with walking,bikes,picnics,marathon running,mountaineering,I saw a walking race going on at Alepohori last sunday and in loutraki a bike race on the same day.A couple of times a year they have classic car races through from Athens to loutraki,lots of cars -people from other countries in it.Elefsena has an arts festival and some events are free,entry to the ancient site is not expensive and is of course marvelous with a museum on the site included.Loutraki has spa bathes to use,reasonable price,outdoor pool.Somewhere above Loutraki there are natural pools to get into,water gushing from the mountain,I must investigate that this year.Ikaria is a place for natural thermal waters bursting out and the water is said to be radio-active,not harmful,infact may be the reason for low cancer rates there.The council there has enclosed some of the springs and made them look like Roman bathes,another ..must go to...Closed cinemas also have days as well,look on line for freebies,some theatres have free days too,Ive been,you can find weekly free dance classes,language lessons,its all out there,so happy freebie hunting everybody.